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Nepal Communist Party (Unified Socialist) Member of Parliament Krishna Kumar Shrestha has drawn the attention of the government to take immediate steps for emergency supply of drinking water and maintenance of water sources in Madhes province.
Speaking at the emergency meeting of the House of Representatives today, he expressed regret that even though Madhes Province has been declared a disaster crisis zone, the government is not serious about solving the problem.
Drawing the attention of the government through the speaker about the lack of irrigation and drinking water in Madhes, he expressed his displeasure saying that there is political control over water.
'Government has become complacent about the problems of Madhes citizens who are living due to lack of irrigation and drinking water,' MP Shrestha said, 'Government is not able to take any steps for emergency supply of drinking water and maintenance of water sources. Although the politics of new deep boring is beneficial to the people of the minister's constituency in the neighboring districts, the citizens of the other seven districts of Madhes have not been able to feel the presence of the government.'
The emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday declared a disaster situation in Madhes province. Before that, the cabinet meeting held in June had declared the drought affected area.
Nepali Congress Member of Parliament Rama Koirala Paudyal stressed that the budget should be allocated to address the water shortage in Madhes.
'It is not enough to declare a drought-affected area. The people there do not have drinking water. Arrangements should be made for drinking water and irrigation,' she said.
MP Vimala Subedi of CPN (Maoist Center) called the government's attention to the suspicious death of two girls in Naukunda Rural Municipality of Rasuwa to investigate the incident without delay.
Speaking at the emergency time of the meeting, CPN (UML) MP Thakur Prasad Gayre said that the dengue infection has started to increase and drew the attention of the relevant agencies to make the 'Find and Destroy' campaign effective.
Drawing the attention of the concerned ministry through the speaker, he emphasized that mosquito larvae should be found and destroyed.
MP Gayre mentioned that the number of non-communicable diseases - heart, cancer and kidney patients are increasing in Palpa district and said that special government initiatives are needed to prevent the production and distribution of substandard food items, smoking control, excessive use of pesticides in food crops and reducing environmental pollution.
Similarly, CPN (Maoist Center) MP Ranendra Barali has said that employees are being hired and dismissed due to political strife in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan.
He drew the attention of the concerned body to provide immediate salary to 69 employees of that municipality.
'69 employees have continuously run the municipal gherao program. They have been besieging for nine months demanding wages and rehabilitation. The concerned bodies should start legal action,' said MP Barali.
Nepali Congress MP Deepak Giri drew the government's attention to the increasing risk of road accidents through the speaker.
Mentioning the death of two Nepali students studying at Louisiana Tech University in the US in a road accident, he demanded that the US visas be provided to the parents easily for cremation.
CPN (Unified Socialist) MP Prakash Jwala drew the attention of the government through the speaker to the issues such as Tuin displacement in Karnali province, fertilizer for farmers, and emergency water management in Madhes. He also demanded to make public the assets of the ministers.
